Concert for Life and Peace, Christmas Concerto. Recorded in Greccio, Jerusalem and Bethehem for Rai 3. Floraleda Sacchi (Harp), Gianpaolo Pretto (Flute) Orchestra Giovanile Italiana Handel: Passacaglia for harp and strings Mozart: Andantino from Concerto for Flute harp and Orchestra K 299
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Intervallo RAI
Un omaggio agli storici intervalli RAI. Floraleda suona la Toccata di Paradisi e presenta il suo nuovo CD Harp Favorites, 2011 Universal Music No. 476 4149
Philip Glass: Metamorphosis 2
Philip Glass: Metamorphosis 2. Performed live at “Cose di Musica”.
Images live on RAI Radio 3
Floraleda live @RAI Radio 3 (Piazza Verdi) performs this beautiful piece for Harp & Soundscape
Salzedo: Tango and Rumba
Part of Suite of 8 Dances (1942). Pieces are recorded in Harp Dances CD (DECCA 476 3856)
Alphonse Hasselmans: Gretchen am Spinnrade (Fileuse)
Alphonse Hasselmans: Gretchen am Spinnrade (Marguerite au Rouet ou Fileuse) Op. 27 Pinacoteca di Brera, Società del Quartetto di Milano Floraleda Sacchi (Arpa)
Maurice Ravel: Introduction et Allegro
I started to play the harp for this piece. It's still one of my favourites! Maurice Ravel: Introduction et Allegro (1905) in the version with orchestra the composer suggested and hoped in his letters. Floraleda Sacchi (Arpa – Harp) Orchestra 1813, José Gomez Rios Teatro Sociale di Como
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion, performed live @ Radio Svizzera Italiana on Oct. 25, 2012. A piece I really like and I arranged for Harp. For the video I used the beginning of Enrico IV, the movie by Bellocchio dated 1982. Oblivion was written for this scene.
Happy Birthday John Cage!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! A CD dedicated to music and silences by John Cage. John Cage (Speaker), Floraleda Sacchi (Harp, Prepared Harp, Toy Harp, Voice, Stopwatch) CD on iTunes, Google Play, Arkivmusic, Amazon, etc…… I read “Silence” for the first time when I was 15. I fall instantly in love with Cage’s attitude and ideas. He made […]
Machajdik: Slovo O (A word about)
World première a new concerto by Machajdik: “Slovo O” (A word about) on May 15, 2013. As the composer writes, the piece is “dedicated to children victims of sexual abuse in Ireland, Germany (and the rest of the world)”. A word about should be said… Floraleda Sacchi (Harp), Milli Reasürans Oda Orkestrasi, Hakan Sensoy (Conductor) […]
Gabriel Pierné: Voyage au pays du Tendre
Floraleda Sacchi (Harp), Arion String Quartet Gabriel Pierné: Voyage au pays du Tendre, àprès la Carte du Tendre de M.lle de Scudéry: L'embarquement Villages: Petits Soins, Tendresse, Empressemént, Confiante amitié, Perfidie-Méchanceté, Mer d'inimitié, Soumission, Billets galants, Jolis vers, Billets doux. Retour par le fleuve Tendre-sur-Inclination
Marcel Grandjany: Fantaisie sur un thème de Haydn Op. 33
A great classic for the Harp: Fantaisie sur un thème de Haydn Op. 33 by Marcel Grandjany.
Spring awakening
Daniele Garella: Spring is Here (floraleda sacchi harp) Sonia Formenti (Flute) and Floraleda Sacchi (Harp) play Portraits No. 5 by Amadeus Arte dedicated to Daniele Garella Music
Harp Dances
Selections from the concert-show “Harp Dances”. Floraleda Sacchi and Monica Sanchez @ Teatro Accademico dei Bibiena (Mantova). Music in the video: Salzedo (Tango, Seguidilla), Granados (Valses poeticos, Andaluza), Lecuona (Zambra Gitana), Granados (Valses poeticos), Albéniz (Asturias, Cuba), Rodrigo (Aranjuez, ma pensée), Salzedo (Chanson dans la nuit). Pieces are recorded on DECCA CD 476 3856.
Reynaldo Hahn: Prélude, Valse et Rigaudon
Reynaldo Hahn: Prélude, Valse et Rigaudon, a really rare piece I could perform with original orchestration. Floraleda Sacchi (Arpa – Harp) Orchestra 1813, José Gomez Rios Teatro Sociale di Como
Alfredo Rolando Ortiz: Merengue Rojo
Alfredo Rolando Ortiz: Merengue Rojo. Floraleda Sacchi (Harp)
Alessandro Marcello: Adagio (from Oboe Concerto)
Granados: Oriental
Oriental is a piece I really love and I recorded also in the CD Harp Dances (DECCA, N. catlogue 476 3856)
Canzone fra le Guerre
Cristian Carrara: Canzone fra le Guerre – Antonella Ruggiero (Voce), Floraleda Sacchi (Arpa)
Heinz Holliger: Sequenzen über Johannes I, 32
Heinz Holliger: Sequenzen über Johannes I, 32. Ich sah daß der Geist herabfur wie eine Taube von Himmel und blieb auf Ihm. I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. Io vidi lo Spirito scendere dal cielo come una colomba e rimanere su di lui. from a live […]